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Like the character's friend, the Hatter, the March Hare feels compelled to always behave as though it is tea-time because the Hatter supposedly " murdered the time " whilst singing for the Queen of Hearts.

Sir John Tenniel's illustration also shows him with straw on his head, a common way to depict madness in Victorian times.

The March Hare later appears at the trial for the Knave of Hearts, and for a final time as " Haigha " ( which Carroll tells us is pronounced to rhyme with " mayor "), the personal messenger to the White King in Through the Looking-Glass.